ATA Negotiations

Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Members of the Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) have voted in favour of strike action. Of the approximately 39,000 teachers who voted, 95% of them voted in favour. We recognize this is a very unsettling time for our staff, students and their families and will provide updates as information becomes available. 

What you need to be aware of:

• School operations are continuing as normal.
• St. Albert Public Schools is not directly involved at this stage of negotiations. Bargaining between the Teachers’ Employer Bargaining Association (TEBA) and the ATA occurs at the provincial level. Teacher salaries are set through provincial collective agreements, not individual school boards.
• The ATA has 120 days to initiate strike action. They must give school divisions 72 hours notice prior to any job action. 
• Job action could include work-to-rule, rotating strikes, a full strike or a lockout.
• At any time in this process, an agreement may be reached between the provincial government (specifically the TEBA - Teachers' Employer Bargaining Association) and the ATA. 
• The provincial bargaining committee met with the ATA on August 26-28 for further negotiations, however a resolution was not reached. Although further negotiation dates have not yet been sent, both TEBA and the ATA have indicated they are interested in meeting again. 

We hope that a resolution will be found soon, with minimal disruption to school operations, our staff, our students and our families. Please be assured that we have plans in place for any kind of job action, and will communicate those plans if such action is taken. Families should, however,  start planning for alternate childcare arrangements in the event of a strike or lockout. 

We will update families as soon as we become aware of any further developments.